Natural gas production change by country

Year-over-year change in natural gas production worldwide from 2023 to 2024, by leading country (in billion cubic meters)

Characteristic	Production in billion cubic meters
Russia	43.5
China	14.1
Canada	4.4
Saudi Arabia	4.1
Iran	3.2
United States	0
Australia	-0.6
Qatar	-1.5
Norway	-2.9
Algeria	-6.8

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June 2025

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2024

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annual change in natural gas production of the leading 10 producing countries worldwide

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The United States, which was the world's leading natural gas-producing country in 2024, had no variation in annual production of natural gas that year. Of the leading natural gas producing countries in the world, Russia had the largest year-over-year increase that year, at nearly 43.5 billion cubic meters.

The U.S. natural gas industry

The total volume of natural gas produced worldwide amounted to 4.19 trillion cubic meters in 2024. The U.S. is not only the world’s largest natural gas-producing country, it is also the largest exporter of natural gas (including liquefied natural gas). Nevertheless, the largest share of gas produced in the country is consumed domestically.

U.S. shale gas revolution

Due to advances in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology and horizontal drilling, shale gas resources in the U.S. became economically feasible to develop. Shale gas production has also offset production declines from conventional resources in the country. This development has increased U.S. natural gas reserves considerably.